arxivcs.AIcs.CLcs.ETcs.LGcs.MA2026-07-23
The Boundaries of Automation: A Theory of Persistent Human Participation
Fares Fourati, Hinrich Schütze, Eyke Hüllermeier, Iryna Gurevych
The rapid progress of AI has intensified the long-standing pursuit of automation: replacing human participation with algorithms wherever possible. Implicit in this pursuit is the assumption that humans remain in the loop only because current AI systems are not yet sufficiently ca…